Kleingurmels

Kleingurmels
Former municipality
Location of Kleingurmels
Kleingurmels is located in Switzerland
Kleingurmels
Kleingurmels
Location within Switzerland
Kleingurmels is located in Canton of Fribourg
Kleingurmels
Kleingurmels
Location within Canton of Fribourg
Coordinates: 46°53′00″N 7°11′00″E / 46.883332°N 7.183344°E / 46.883332; 7.183344
CountrySwitzerland
CantonFribourg
DistrictSee
MunicipalityGurmels
Population
 (1990)
 • Total
102
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
SFOS number2267
ISO 3166 codeCH-FR
Website

Kleingurmels (French: Cormondes-le-Petit) is a former municipality in the See district of the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. Since 2000 it has been part of the municipality of Gurmels. The street village lies north of Fribourg at the end of the Schiffenen reservoir.

History

Kleingurmels has always belonged to the parish of Gurmels. In 1442 it passed by purchase from the possessions of the counts of Thierstein to the city of Fribourg, and was assigned to its Hospital banner (Spitalpanner).

Kleingurmels became an independent municipality in the 19th century, but from 1880 it worked closely with the municipality of Gurmels (for example on the school and the fire brigade) and also shared an administration with it. In 1982 a vote brought complete separation from Gurmels, and from then on Kleingurmels was the smallest municipality in the canton. Around 2000 it offered about 50 to 60 jobs, most of them in the wood industry, and a new residential neighborhood was expected to bring a rise in population.

Kleingurmels had 119 inhabitants in 1850, 91 in 1900, 77 in 1941, 91 in 1950, 75 in 1970 and 102 in 1990.

References

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Kleingurmels​, Olivier Aebischer, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kleingurmels" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

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